Service Manager Contracts in the South East

Services Manager
England > South East

The median Services Manager daily rate in the South East is £551 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 138 170
Rank change year-on-year -34 +32 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 29 83 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 1.43% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.51% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 69 77
10th Percentile £400 £350 £363
25th Percentile £439 £370 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.33% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £575
90th Percentile £1,000 £604 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.60 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £34.45
% change year-on-year +131.66% -62.41% +5.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 5,108 5,493 7,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.56% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,830 5,033
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 240 336
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.16 £43.56
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -31 18 £510 +13.33% 9
Hampshire +7 11 £600 +5.26% 9
Berkshire -6 10 £575 +27.78% 3
Buckinghamshire -7 8 £421 -8.50% 2
Surrey +6 1 - - 4
West Sussex - 1 £400 - 2
Service Manager
England

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 18 (62.07%) ITIL
2 17 (58.62%) Service Delivery
3 14 (48.28%) Service Management
4 9 (31.03%) Service Design
5 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
6 5 (17.24%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
6 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
7 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (10.34%) Supplier Management
7 3 (10.34%) ITSM
7 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) Logistics
8 2 (6.90%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.90%) Transition Management
8 2 (6.90%) Programme Governance
8 2 (6.90%) Programme Delivery
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 2 (6.90%) Finance
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
General
1 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
2 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Automotive
3 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Legal
3 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) NHS
1 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.45%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) ITIL
2 17 (58.62%) Service Delivery
3 14 (48.28%) Service Management
4 9 (31.03%) Service Design
5 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) ITSM
7 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) Supplier Management
8 2 (6.90%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.90%) Logistics
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Programme Delivery
8 2 (6.90%) Programme Governance
8 2 (6.90%) Transition Management
9 1 (3.45%) Acceptance Criteria
9 1 (3.45%) Knowledge Transfer
9 1 (3.45%) Project Delivery
9 1 (3.45%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) NEC
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Remedy